Nicola Walker Quotes

I think at times I appear to be miserable when I am not... I might be having quite a good thought at that moment, but it seems I look miserable. I am not.

I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!

People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated.

My face always looks bored or depressed. It's not an accurate impression.

People tell me I look angry. I thought my dad was mad at me his whole life, but it turns out that was just his mug - and I inherited it.

It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.

My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.

It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

Many people think I'm a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.

I once told a journalist that girls call me 'Kitten,' but I couldn't have been more sarcastic, and no matter how many times I've said that it was a joke, it still doesn't go away.

You have to emote much more to get what you're trying to get across to come through a quarter inch of latex that's superglued to your face.

I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in.

I love comedy, but I actually do prefer drama because I am already animated as a human being.

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.

When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset.

The face is the soul of the body.

We find few disputes, that are not founded on some ambiguity in the expression [thereof].

There was an article about me once, and the first line was, 'It's good to be a gangster.' Well, I'm not a gangster. I'm an actor.

With acting, the last thing you do is try to look pretty. Modeling actually makes acting harder - it makes you so self-aware.

Most people can relate to that whole annoying thing when people think they know who you are.

I am not a cop. Really. I've just been playing one on television so long that people get a little confused sometimes.

I'm mad creative for acting.

Sometimes, when I do certain looks, I don't want the intention to be taken out of context or expressed in the wrong way.

I think I'm pretty misunderstoood.

Sometimes, when I open my mouth, all hell breaks loose. Other times, I feel like a voice in the wilderness and I wonder, 'Does anybody get this?'